解析 主旨大意题。文章主要阐述特韦尔斯基如何去探寻一张老照片的来源,故选B项。
2.Which of the following is TRUE about Ollie Atkins?
A.He was once a leader in the government.
B.He once worked together with Ernestine.
C.He wrote for the Saturday Evening Post.
D.He once worked for the White House.
答案 D
解析 细节理解题。由第三段最后一句"In fact,Atkins served for several years as the White House photographer."可知他曾经是白宫的专职摄影师,故选D项。
3.From Paragraph 4,we know Ollie Atkins .
A.was a careful person
B.put his works at random
C.worked at George Mason University
D.wrote the paper titled "They Do Anything to Get into the USA"
答案 A
解析 细节理解题。由第四段第二句话"Fortunately,Atkins was a meticulous recordkeeper,who kept lists of his works."可知A项正确,B项错误;C、D两项在第四段未提及。
4.The underlined phrase "over the moon" in Paragraph 5 probably means " ".
A.extremely happy and excited
B.very nervous and upset
C.quite awkward and uneasy
D.rather crazy and angry
答案 A
解析 词义猜测题。由第五段第二句"The curator could practically hear him jumping for joy over the phone."可知答案为A项。
Visitors to a Stockholm hotel will be able to use mobile phones instead of keys to unlock the doors of their rooms.Assa Abloy,the world's largest maker of door locks,has launched a pilot in which the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm will lend customers mobile phones with closerange radio chips.